My 50 days on steemit
Hello Steemians,
A brief who am I
My name is Gaz. I am a teacher of English as a second language and I am also a football (soccer) coach. 9 years ago myself and my family decided to leave our home in Bristol, England and see the world. We have lived and worked in Bahrain, Thailand and Romania but have been lucky enough to have visited a lot of other beautiful places before or during our journey. My original introduction post can be found here and more details of our journey can be found here. We have a wonderful daughter that is 15 years old who is excited to be traveling and seeing the world with us. My interests are in travel, crypto and sport but with me, nothing is off the table! I am absolutely loving the Steemit experience and love to talk to anybody that wants to talk back.
Initial flurry then tumbleweed
I posted my introduce yourself piece and things happened instantly. Upvotes were happening and comments made. People were introducing themselves to me and giving me some really good advice. The total value for the post was just shooting up. I’m sat there thinking well this is great, talk about cool stuff with some cool people and get a little crypto for the pleasure. I’m in heaven.
For the Stato's
50 days old and although I’m not breaking any records, I’m satisfied with my progress. Here are the numbers:
- Reputation – 43.7
- Followers – 288
- Posts – 457 (27 of my own articles)
- Following – 207
- SP – 114 (20 earned on Steemit)
- Intro post stats - $7.68, 29 upvotes, 17 new people commented
- Highest earning post - $1.23 (Not including the Intro)
- Most upvotes – 27
- Most comments – 20
- Longest time spent on a post – 9 hours
- Shortest time spent on a post – 30 minutes
Bots and Self-upvoting and Dust
Bots
Self-Upvoting
Dust
Interaction and Emotions
The emotion of starting out on Steemit has been intense. From the euphoria of an upvote and nice comment received to a 9 hour piece of work that just goes dead. It’s an up and down process but I’ve got used to it and regardless of the last result, I’m looking forward to my next post or interaction. The real emotion has been in writing and the process of writing. I have found it incredibly uplifting when talking about my experiences and recalling things that I may had forgotten. But mostly, I have found it an extremely therapeutic process especially when it concerns memories that are not so happy or indeed, painful. For instance, we left our family to travel, taking the 6 year old granddaughter away from them. I guess I have bottled up the guilt of leaving and it all came out when writing my post. There have been a few occasions now where I am holding back some serious emotion while I am creating a piece of writing but I actually think that my work is at its best when this happens.
In my short time on here I have met some great people, they post some brilliant work, have great advice or are just kind and considerate. I thought I would post some of the people that I have interacted with and recommend so that you can follow them too.
@corina, @johnwjr7, @madstacks, @rentmoney, @thevillan, @twowheeledmonkey, @workin2005
They are good people and post good material. They like a good chat too! 😃
Rules and tips
I’m still very much a newbie but I think I have picked up a few good habits and learned to avoid some bad ones. So if you want to be at least where I am after 50 days then here are my top 5 rules and tips.
- Add value to your posts and comments. Don’t just put great post in a comment, tell them why!
- Reply to everyone. Without fail. There is nothing worse than being ignored especially after making an effort.
- Add some of your own Steem. It adds confirmation that you are serious and thinking long term. Believe me people do check!
- Do not beg or spam! You will be muted or flagged.
- Be consistent and persistent. Don’t give up and try to be available as regularly as you can.
So this is me and these are my experiences and tips to help you get started. I hope you like the post and don't forget to try enjoy your time on this platform. Look me up and let’s have a chat. I will guarantee a reply! 😃
Thanks for reading.
Gaz
Gaz, even if you don't reply to this comment, I wanted to thank you for this. I just started out around a week ago. (I didn't even know what upvoting is, so far) ... Thanks for your thoughts, the part with "some 9 hour work pieces just die out somewhere" made me relate... And it's beautiful to see that all this is actually a practice. A practice to surrender and to "do it anyways", because it's about the doing itself, the self-expression, the joy of creating... rather than solely the outcome. I believe that's what makes a great artist. He loves his work, and some people will like it, some won't ... and still he just does his art!
Glad to have landed here! Upvote from me!
Sam
Hey @sams-world
Thanks for your comments. I'm really pleased that you have related to mine. I guess we all go through similar thing really.
That 9 hours work was on Sunday and wasn't intended. I had an idea and went with it. Next thing I know it's 9pm!
I love how you put the 'going to do it anyway', stuff. Exactly what I mean.
Thanks for the upvote and the comments. I've followed you.
Cheers, Gaz.
Excellent post and thanks for the mention.
My opinion on self upvoting ... I upvote all my post but rarely upvote my own comments.
There are several good reasons for upvoting your own work / comments. One you pointed out, which is the $0.02 thereshold and another is to get your comment closer to the top of the comment section so more may notice it. For example if you are running a contest and you comment about it in a topic. Upvoting your comment would push it to the top of the comment section adding to the potential of more seeing your comment and entering your contest.
I 100 % agree with buying some Steem when starting out. I think that was the number one mistake I made. But since I never purchased any I have decided to see how much my account can grow without making any purchases.
Hey @rentmoney thanks for your comments.
You're more than welcome for the mention, you deserve it.
You make some good points about the motivation of self upvoting. I guess my feelings are aimed more towards the system and why it's possible in the first place. I think things would be a lot better without the option.
Fair play to you for going off of earned Steem alone. That's impressive and no easy feat.
I'm off to practice more markup language skills that I've learned from your good self. 😁
Cheers, Gaz
I agree that self upvoting likely should be removed. What I don't like is when someone only up-votes themselves. By the looks of your well formatted post, I should be taking tips from you :)
Good luck with your account !
Thanks. Always good to chat with you.
Good luck to you too. Gaz
Hi, cheese4ead! Wish you a very inspired experience here in this very cool community with many nice people :) Have fun!
By the way, there are several groups you as a newcomer can join. They will stay with you for your journey, helping and mentoring along the way.
@greetersguild invite link https://discord.gg/AkzNSKx
@newbieresteemday invite link https://discord.gg/2ZcAxsU
Hey @cheneats
Thanks for the comments and the links. I'll look them up.
Gaz
great tips @cheese4ead....
Thanks a lot @shollstun
There are a lot of mistake and things learned that I would like to add but I don't want to overcrowd the post. What have you found to be the best tactics for growth?
Gaz
well, i'll say like you said, is be available, reach out to people and make smart comments, let your posts also add value to the chain. also it will be very nice to be part of a community it also helps to grow.
Perfectly put.
Working for yourself through adding value to the chain is the way to go.
most definitely.thanks for reaching out. means a lot
You're welcome.
Good job you have done in these 50 days. Thanks for the mention :)
I experienced most of what you have written on being a newbie in Steemit. Especially agree with the 'self-upvoting' part. It just feels ridiculous. I cannot get myself to upvote something that i put up. More so because I have always found it weird to see people doing that on Facebook and Instagram. Here it is different because of the money involved. Even then the principle is the same.
Like most, even I joined Steemit for making the big bucks. Soon enough, I realised that isn't going to happen. That was when I slunk away. On my second innings here, I decided to just use it as a blogging and social media site and not as a money making tool. I still haven't made a dime, but I am much happier using Steemit in this manner!
Thanks for your nice comments @twowheeledmonkey and think nothing of the mention, you deserve it.
I'm glad you decided to return. You are an example of a good steemian and steemit is lucky to have you.
I think you've hit the nail on the head! We should network and blog and connect and anything else is a bonus. Getting a response to your post is a joy in itself and receiving crypto for it, well that's just a lovely extra on top.
See you around. Gaz
Hello @cheese4ead, thankyou for your post, in order to support you i showed your picture in my blog. Please feel free to check the link below and if you like my effort then kindly donot forgot to upvote and follow me too. ;). If you donot like your reference in my post then just comment under that post, i will remove it.
https://steemit.com/newsteemers/@sultanmr/best-new-steemers-introductory-posts---page-6-1526438300-981603
Thanks a lot. I appreciate it.
Gaz
you have done quite a work in just 50 days. congrats
Thanks @incognitoct
To be fair my schedule is pretty flexible so I have a bit of time to work on stuff. I am putting the work in though. Just hope it pays off! 😁
Thanks for your comments.
Gaz
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